Adams County, Indiana#References

The statute that mandated the creation of this county was passed on February 7, 1835, and the organization itself was authorized on March 1, 1836. Its name honors the sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams.{{cite book|title=Indiana Place Names|last1=Baker|first1=Ronald L.|last2=Carmony|first2=Marvin|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1975|location=Bloomington, Indiana|page=1}} Selection of the county seat was finalized on May 18 of that year.{{cite book|first1=De Witt Clinton|last1=Goodrich|first2=Charles Richard|last2=Tuttle|publisher=R. S. Peale & Co.|year=1875|location=Indianapolis|title=An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana|url=https://archive.org/stream/illustratedhisto6072good#page/n11/mode/2up|pages=549–550}}

The first non-Native settlers arrived in what is now Adams County in 1835, encouraged by the new Erie Canal and by the end of the Black Hawk War. They consisted entirely of settlers from New England. These were "Yankee" settlers, that is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era. They were primarily members of the Congregational Church although due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had converted to Methodism and some had become Baptists before coming to what is now Adams County. The Congregational Church subsequently has gone through many divisions and some factions are now known as the Church of Christ and the United Church of Christ. When these settlers arrived they found dense forest and wild prairie.Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana by John Wilson Tyndall and Orlo Ervin Lesh, 1918

The first Amish settlers arrived in 1840; most came directly from Switzerland, preserving their Bernese German dialect, not adopting the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect of the majority of the Amish.{{Cite web|url=https://amishamerica.com/who-are-the-swiss-amish/|title=Who are the Swiss Amish?|website=amishamerica.com|date=August 23, 2010 }}{{Cite web|url=https://amishamerica.com/10-oldest-amish-settlements/|title=The 10 Oldest Amish Settlements|website=amishamerica.com|date=April 29, 2013 }}

The Yankee settlers commissioned the first courthouse in 1839, a two-story frame building. The log-building jail was completed in 1837.Snow 1907, p. 83. The present Adams County courthouse was built in Decatur in 1872–1873 at a cost of $78,979.{{#tag:ref|A $79,000 capital expense in 1872 would be roughly equivalent to $18,900,000 in 2010.Williamson, Samuel H. (April 2010). Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present. [http://www.measuringworth.com MeasuringWorth]. Calculations made using Nominal GDP Per Capita, a measure of capital intensivity, using "the 'average' per-person output of the economy in the prices of the current year." This is a measure of the amount of capital and volume of labor required to reproduce the work over varying production methods, but assuming that money represents a proportion of the economy.|group="n"}} The designer was J. C. Johnson, who had been trained as a carpenter and joiner and became a self-taught architect; he won second place in the Indiana State Capitol design competition. The construction was done by Christian Boseker of Fort Wayne. It is built of red brick with stone ornamentation.{{cite book|last=Counts|first=Will|author2=Jon Dilts|title=The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1991|location=Bloomington, Indiana|isbn=978-0-253-33638-5|pages=8–9}}

File:Map of Adams County, Indiana.svg

According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of {{convert|339.97|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|339.03|sqmi}} (or 99.72%) is land and {{convert|0.94|sqmi}} (or 0.28%) is water.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18001|access-date=July 10, 2015|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County|publisher=United States Census Bureau|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213192420/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18001|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}

• Allen County (north)
• Van Wert County, Ohio (northeast)
• Mercer County, Ohio (southeast)
• Jay County (south)
• Wells County (west)
• Whitley County (northwest)

The county has four incorporated settlements, all of which lie in a rough north–south line. The city of Decatur is the largest and is also the county seat, and is in the northern part of the county where U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Route 33 intersect with the east–west U.S. Route 224. U.S. Route 27 continues south through the town of Monroe, near the center of the county, and then on through Berne and Geneva.

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• Berne
• Decatur
• Geneva
• Monroe

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• Ceylon
• Coppess Corner
• Curryville
• Honduras
• Linn Grove
• Magley
• Monmouth
• Perryville
• Peterson
• Pleasant Mills
• Preble
• Rivare
• Salem
• Williams

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• Blue Creek
• French
• Hartford
• Jefferson
• Kirkland
• Monroe
• Preble
• Root
• Saint Marys
• Union
• Wabash
• Washington

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Adams County is in the humid continental climate region of the United States along with most of Indiana. Its Köppen climate classification is Dfa,{{cite web|url=http://snow.cals.uidaho.edu/clim_map/koppen_usa_map.htm|title=Köppen Climate Classification for the Conterminous United States|publisher=Idaho State Climate Services|access-date=January 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930221052/http://snow.cals.uidaho.edu/Clim_Map/koppen_usa_map.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2009}} meaning that it is cold, has no dry season, and has a hot summer.{{cite web|url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf|title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification|author2=Finlayson, B. L.|author3=McMahon, T. A.|first=M. C.|last=Peel|publisher=Copernicus Publications|year=2007|page=1636|access-date=January 23, 2011}} In recent years, average temperatures in Decatur have ranged from a low of {{convert|17|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|84|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-24|°F}} was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of {{convert|107|°F}} was recorded in July 1934. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|2.16|in}} in February to {{convert|4.42|in}} in June.

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 35,809 people, and 12,481 households in the county.{{cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US18001 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=February 18, 2022}} The population density was {{convert|101.4|PD/sqmi}}. There were 13,403 housing units at an average density of {{convert|39.5|/sqmi}}.{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Adams County, Indiana; United States |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/adamscountyindiana,US/PST045221 |website=www.census.gov |access-date=February 18, 2022 |language=en}}

In 2000 the racial makeup of the county was 97.8% white, 0.6% black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.5% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.3% were German, 5.6% were Irish, 4.1% were English, and 2.7% were French (not Basque). Additionally, 11.5% of the population has a visible or non-visible disability.

Of the 12,481 households, 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together and 24% had a female householder with no spouse present. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.39. The median age was 33.5 years. Of the total population, 77.1% own homes and 8.7% are renters.

Regarding educational attainment, 40.6% of the population has a high school degree or higher, with 15.5% having a bachelor's degree or higher. Manufacturing employees the most employed residents at 31.2%, followed by 17.6% in education, health care and social services, and 10.3% in retail.

The median income for a household in the county was $52,504 and the median income for a family was $65,609. The per capita income for the county was $23,316. About 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

The Amish community in Adams County belongs the Swiss Amish, which is an Amish affiliation whose ancestors came to Adam County in 1840 and who speak a Bernese dialect in everyday life. They had a total population of 8,595 people in 58 congregations in 2017,[http://amishamerica.com/12-largest-amish-communities-2017/ The 12 Largest Amish Communities (2017).] at Amish America or 24.2% of the county's population.

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}}*"Nones" is an unclear category.{{cite book |last1=Wuthnow |first1=Robert |title=Inventing American Religion : Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation's Faith |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190258900 |pages=151–155}} It is a heterogenous group of the not religious and intermittently religious.{{cite book |last1=Blankholm |first1=Joseph |title=The Secular Paradox : On the Religiosity of the Not Religious |date=2022 |publisher=New York University Press |location=New York |isbn=9781479809509 |page=7}} Researchers argue that most of the "Nones" should be considered "unchurched", rather than objectively nonreligious;{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Byron |last2=Stark |first2=Rodney |last3=Bradshaw |first3=Matt |last4=Levin |first4=Jeff |title=Are Religious "Nones" Really Not Religious?: Revisiting Glenn, Three Decades Later |journal=Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion |date=2022 |volume=18 |issue=7}}{{cite journal |last1=Hout |first1=Michael |last2=Fischer |first2=Claude S. |title=Explaining Why More Americans Have No Religious Preference: Political Backlash and Generational Succession, 1987-2012 |journal=Sociological Science |date=October 13, 2014 |volume=1 |pages=423–447 |doi=10.15195/v1.a24|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Hout |first1=Michael |title=American Religion, All or Nothing at All |journal=Contexts |date=November 2017 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=78–80 |doi=10.1177/1536504217742401|s2cid=67327797 |doi-access=free }} especially since most "Nones" do hold some religious-spiritual beliefs and a notable amount participate in behaviors.{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Todd |last2=Zurlo |first2=Gina |editor1-last=Cipriani |editor1-first=Roberto |editor2-last=Garelli |editor2-first=Franco |title=Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion: Volume 7: Sociology of Atheism |date=2016 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=9789004317536 |pages=58–60 |chapter=Unaffiliated, Yet Religious: A Methodological and Demographic Analysis}}{{cite book |last1=Drescher |first1=Elizabeth |title=Choosing our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones |date=2016 |location=New York |isbn=9780199341221 |pages=21–26}}{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Kiana |title=Nine-in-ten Black 'nones' believe in God, but fewer pray or attend services |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/17/nine-in-ten-black-nones-believe-in-god-but-fewer-pray-or-attend-services/ |website=Pew Research Center |date=March 17, 2021}} For example, 72% of American "Nones" believe in God or a Higher Power.{{cite web |title=Key findings about Americans' belief in God |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/25/key-findings-about-americans-belief-in-god/ |website=Pew Research Center |date=April 25, 2018}}

Three U.S. Routes cross the county. U.S. Route 27 and U.S. Route 33 enter the north end of the county from Fort Wayne in neighboring Allen County. Passing through Decatur, they split; U.S. Route 27 goes south through Monroe, Berne and Geneva and continues into Jay County, whereas U.S. Route 33 heads southeast into Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2027§ion=1|title=U.S. Route 27|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015173258/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2027§ion=1|archive-date=October 15, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2033§ion=1|title=U.S. Route 33|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193844/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2033§ion=1|archive-date=October 7, 2011}} U.S. Route 224 passes from west to east through the north part of the county, intersecting U.S. Routes 27 and 33 in Decatur, then continuing into Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2224§ion=1|title=U.S. Route 224|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013155657/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2224§ion=1|archive-date=October 13, 2012}}

Indiana State Road 124 runs east–west through the county, from Bluffton in Wells County through Monroe and on to the Ohio border.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1124§ion=1|title=State Road 124|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324015111/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1124§ion=1|archive-date=March 24, 2012}} Indiana State Road 101 runs south–north, from State Road 124 near the Ohio border, through Pleasant Mills and Rivare, to Allen County.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1101§ion=1|title=State Road 101|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193307/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1101§ion=1|archive-date=October 7, 2011}} Indiana State Road 116 runs west–east across the county, from Bluffton southeast to Linn Grove, south to Perryville, then east to a terminus at U.S. Route 27 in Geneva.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1116§ion=1|title=State Road 116|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324015422/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1116§ion=1|archive-date=March 24, 2012}} Indiana State Road 218 runs west–east across the southern end of the county, passing through Berne.{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1218§ion=1|title=State Road 218|publisher=Highway Explorer|access-date=October 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007191906/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1218§ion=1|archive-date=October 7, 2011}}

CSX Transportation operates a rail line from Decatur, running northwest toward Fort Wayne.

{{See also|Government of Indiana}}

File:Decatur-indiana-superior-court.jpg

The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the Constitution of Indiana and the Indiana Code. The county council is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are elected from county districts. The council members serve four-year terms and are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget and special spending. The council also has limited authority to impose local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes and service taxes.{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|author-link=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html|title=Title 36, Article 2, Section 3|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=Government of Indiana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005194234/http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html|archive-date=October 5, 2008}}{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf|title=Title 2, Article 10, Section 2|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=Government of Indiana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029030838/http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf|archive-date=October 29, 2008|url-status=live}} In 2010, the county budgeted approximately $2.2 million for the district's schools and $2.8 million for other county operations and services, for a total annual budget of approximately $5 million.{{cite web|author=State of Indiana Department of Local Government Finance|title=2010 Budget Order (Adams County, Indiana)|url=http://in.gov/dlgf/files/BudgetOrder_2010_AdamsCounty.pdf|access-date=September 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917000201/http://www.in.gov/dlgf/files/BudgetOrder_2010_AdamsCounty.pdf|archive-date=September 17, 2010}}

A Board of Commissioners forms the county's executive body. They are elected county-wide, in staggered four–year terms. One commissioner serves as board president. This board executes the acts of the council, causes necessary revenues to be collected, and manages day-to-day functions of the county government.

The county maintains a small claims court. This court's judge is elected to a term of four years and must be a member of the Indiana Bar Association. The judge is assisted by a constable who is elected to a four-year term. In some cases, court decisions can be appealed to the state level circuit court.

The county has other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor and circuit court clerk. Each of these serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare party affiliations and be residents of the county.

Each township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, and manages cemetery care. The trustee is assisted by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.{{cite web|url=http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95|title=Government|publisher=United Township Association of Indiana|access-date=January 6, 2011}}

Adams County is part of Indiana's 3rd congressional district; Indiana Senate district 19;{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3006.htm|title=Indiana Senate Districts|publisher=State of Indiana|access-date=January 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115070750/http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3006.htm|archive-date=January 15, 2011}} and Indiana House of Representatives district 79.{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3005.htm|title=Indiana House Districts|publisher=State of Indiana|access-date=January 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115070752/http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3005.htm|archive-date=January 15, 2011}}

Politically, Adams County is heavily Republican. It has voted for the Republican presidential nominee in all but one election since 1940.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|10,528|3,179|279|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,686|3,236|317|Indiana}}

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{{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,937|3,806|289|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|2008|Republican|8,404|4,928|207|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|2004|Republican|9,734|3,512|94|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,555|3,775|260|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,960|4,247|1,430|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,078|3,708|2,922|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1988|Republican|8,137|3,811|49|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1984|Republican|7,958|3,923|71|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,368|4,673|937|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,280|4,908|118|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,549|3,971|52|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,774|4,667|818|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,230|6,637|106|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,972|4,338|99|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1956|Republican|7,079|3,520|109|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,204|3,744|460|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,832|4,640|173|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,648|3,804|149|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,247|4,382|101|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,249|5,822|137|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,910|5,892|111|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|4,045|4,066|28|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,330|4,300|425|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,144|3,653|201|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,796|2,875|205|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|917|2,961|927|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,726|3,404|159|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,967|2,973|247|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,688|3,337|101|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,613|3,340|73|Indiana}}

{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,247|2,906|314|Indiana}}

{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,277|2,936|150|Indiana}}

Public schools in Adams County are administered by three public entities: North Adams Community Schools; Adams Central Community Schools; and South Adams Schools. The Diocese of Fort Wayne and Lutheran Schools of Indiana both operate in Adams County as well. In all, these organizations operate 13 schools in the county.{{cite web|url=http://compass.doe.in.gov/SearchResults.aspx?searchVal=3&searchText=01&searchLabel=Adams|title=DOE Compass|publisher=Indiana Department of Education|access-date=October 10, 2011}}

• Adams County 4-H Fair (Monroe)
• Swiss Days (Berne)
• Calithumpian Festival (Decatur)
• Festival of Kekionga (Decatur)
• 4th of July Fireworks, (Down Town Decatur)
• Summer Concert Series (Downtown Decatur)
• DeKeggar BBQ and Beer Brewing Competition (Downtown Decatur)
• Highland Games - Old Scottish Style Strength Competition (Downtown Decatur)

• WZBD (Berne)

• The Decatur Daily Democrat (Decatur)
• Berne Tri-Weekly (Berne)

• Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 – 1924), author, nature photographer, naturalist, and silent movie-era producer, lived in Decatur and Geneva 1886–1913.{{cite book|editor=Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair|title=Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State|publisher=Indiana Historical Society Press|year=2015|location=Indianapolis|pages=333–35|isbn=978-0-87195-387-2}}
• Chemist Richard R. Schrock, 2005 Nobel Prize winner in organic chemistry, was born in Berne in 1945 and attended school in Decatur.{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2005/schrock-autobio.html|title=Richard R. Schrock - Autobiography|publisher=Nobelprize.org|access-date=October 11, 2011}}
• Director David Anspaugh (born 1946), who directed the movies Hoosiers and Rudy, was born in Decatur.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/4577%7C0/David-Anspaugh/|title=Overview for David Anspaugh|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 11, 2011}}
• Sculptor David Smith (1906 – 1965) was born in Decatur.{{cite web|url=http://www.davidsmithestate.org/bio.html|title=David Smith chronology|publisher=David Smith Estate|access-date=October 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011213241/http://www.davidsmithestate.org/bio.html|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}

• List of public art in Adams County
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Indiana

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• {{cite book|title=Snow's History of Adams County, Indiana|publisher=B. F. Bowen & Co.|location=Indianapolis|year=1907|first=J. F.|last=Snow|url=https://archive.org/stream/snowshistoryofad00snow#page/n3/mode/2up}}
• {{cite book|title=Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana|publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co.|location=Chicago and New York|year=1918|editor1-first=John W.|editor1-last=Tyndall|editor2-first=O. E.|editor2-last=Lesh|volume=1|url=https://archive.org/stream/standardhistoryo01tynd#page/n5/mode/2up}}
• {{cite book|title=Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana|publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co.|location=Chicago and New York|year=1918|editor1-first=John W.|editor1-last=Tyndall|editor2-first=O. E.|editor2-last=Lesh|volume=2|url=https://archive.org/stream/standardhistoryo02tynd#page/n7/mode/2up}}

• [http://www.co.adams.in.us/ Adams County website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628200649/http://www.maumeevalleyheritagecorridor.org/ Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor]
• [http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18001 Adams County InDepth Profile: STATS Indiana ]
• [http://www.hoosierdata.in.gov/highlights/profile.asp?geo_val=S18;C001&page_id=1 County Highlights: Adams County: Hoosiers by the Numbers]

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